featuring
Ship Photos
Crude Carriers
1978-03-007
"Norseman"
Photographed in the Gulf of
Aden, 1978
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1978-03-014
"Norseman"
Photographed in the Gulf of
Aden, 1978
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1978-03-030
"Norseman"
Photographed in the Gulf of
Aden, 1978
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1978-03-029
Unknown Tanker
Photographed in the Gulf of
Aden, 1978
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1978-03-028
Unknown Bergesen Tanker
Photographed in the Gulf of
Aden, 1978
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1978-03-038
"Olympic Athlete"
Photographed in the Gulf of
Aden, 1978
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1978-03-039
"Olympic Athlete"
Photographed in the Gulf of
Aden, 1978
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1978-03-042
"Zawrat"
Photographed in the Gulf of
Aden, 1978
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1978-03-043
"Tagawa Maru"
Photographed in the Gulf of
Aden, 1978
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1978-03-044
"Tagawa Maru"
Photographed in the Gulf of
Aden, 1978
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Al Da" being towed in the
Malacca Strait, 1985. (Most likely the Smit tug is the "Noordzee".)
Ex. "Troilus", - launched 1973,
- renamed "Al-Dhafrah" 1975, - "Al Da" 1985, - and scrapped 1985
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Al Da"
Being towed in the Malacca
Strait, 1985, - most likely on her way to the scrapyard.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Al Da" being towed in the
Malacca Strait, 1985
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Energy Courage"
Here another crude carrier
being towed in the Malacca Strait in 1986- (Or 1985?)
(The tug is most likely one
of ITC's "S"-class.)
Built in 1975 in Korea as "Pan
Asian Courage"
DWT.: 104902 , - LOA.: 319,3
m, - Beam: 53 m
Renamed:1980 "Energy Courage",-
1988 "Asian Energy",- 1989 "Happy Fighter",- 1991 "South Breeze" , - Scrapped
1993.
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"Energy Courage"
- a closer view as she passes
while being towed -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
Pacific Valour"
Built 1975 in Japan as "Alp
Maru"
DWT.: 275718, - LOA.: 337,7
m, - Beam: 53,7 m
Renamed: 1986 "Pacific Valour,
- 1988 "Kristhild" and finally scapped in 2003
Photographed in the Malacca
Strait in 1986
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"World Progress"
- photographed n the Indian
Ocean 1982 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
"George F. Getty II"
- photographed in the Malacca
Strait 1982 -
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
1972-08-059
"Kaien Maru"
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
Commissioned in 1970, - here
photographed in the Malacca Strait in 1972
DWT.: 205955 tons, - LOA.:
312,7 m., - Beam: 50,9 m., - Propulsion: Steam Turbine, - 15 Knots.
Renamed "Mobil osprey" in 1976,
- and scrapped in Taiwan in 1979.
1972-08-060
"Mobil Progress"
(Photography © Karsten Petersen)
Commissioned in 1971, - and
here photographed, - most likely -, in the Malacca Strait in 1972
DWT.: 215002 tons, - LOA.:
326 m., - Beam: 48,2 m., - Propulsion: Steam Turbine, - 16 Knots.
Renamed: 1981 "Yanbu Progress",
- 1988 "Trade Independence", - 1992 "Eman", - and scrapped 1993.
1979-01-050
This ship is either: "Adamantos"
or "Despina A. L." (Identical sisterships.)
Photographed on the Mississippi
River in February 1979
(Photography by Karsten Petersen ©)
Commissioned: 1965 - 1966
DWT.: 65100 tons
LOA.: 236,3 - 236,4 m.
Beam: 33,3 m.
Propulsion: Steam Turbine,
- 17,5 Knots
"Adamantos" built as "Cyprian"
in 1966, - Renamed "Botany Bay" in 1973, - "Chios Island" in 1975, - "Adamantos"
in 1977, - Scrapped in 1984
"Despina A. L." built as "Lucian"
in 1973, and renamed "Despina A. L." in 1973. Scrapped in 1983.
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